Mayor pitches New Orleans as home for Colbert show

3:39 PM,
Apr. 17, 2014

Stephen Colbert (right) shakes hands with David Letterman.

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Dominic Massa
Gannett

NEW ORLEANS - You could say Mayor Mitch Landrieu has drafted his own version of David Letterman's "Top 10" list, with his reasons why Stephen Colbert, should move "The Late Show" to New Orleans when he takes over for Letterman next year.

At the top of the list, which Landrieu outlined this week in a letter to CBS chairman and chief executive officer Les Moonves, are tax credits, which the mayor said would be attractive to CBS and its late night production.

Though Letterman's show is currently taped in New York and has been associated with the city for decades, a Los Angeles Times article last week ...